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Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t
The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number of smaller ...
Spain says April blackout was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack
Spanish authorities say the massive power outage in April across Spain and Portugal was due to technical and planning errors ...
Voltage surge caused power cut that plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness
The blackout caused a national emergency in Spain as a day of widespread disruption saw cities gridlocked, commuters trapped inside trains and flights grounded. | ITV National News ...
Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE contributed to massive blackout, report finds
By Pietro Lombardi and David Latona MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish grid operator REE's failure to calculate the correct mix of ...
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Portugal: April blackout a ‘combination of factors’ – Spanish government
The April blackout was the result of a "combination of factors" that caused a high voltage overload that Spain's electricity system was unable to absorb ...
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Power Grid Voltage Control Failures Cause Iberian Blackout
A massive blackout in Spain and Portugal on April 28 was caused by inadequate voltage control in the power grid, according to ...
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Rules, Not Renewables, Might Explain the Iberian Blackout
A man sat on the balcony with his battery-powered radio, the speaker oriented toward passersby whose mobile phones couldn’t get a signal due to a blackout that had swept Spain and Portugal. Everyone ...